A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ETC. It was liis brother's birthday, and hu wished to buy him an appropriate present. He entered a bookshop and asked for a book suitable for a scientist don!inig with natural history, for h : s brother was a zoologist. Thr assistant looked over the shelves with a knowing .nr. Final]v selecting a l>ook, he plaeed it on the counter and said : "This is bv a first-ela.ss a.uthor. sir." The would-be pureliasor took hold of tlie book and saw. in I-trge letters, the words "Buzzor's Anthology." " Anthology ?" ho remarked. "Aye," sa ; d the knowing: young a«•sistnnt. "All about ants, you know— Tiy Professor Buzzer." Bv adding the German renorts of Bnssia.n losses to the French r 'r>orts of Herman losses, it is priss : blr> to figure nut. a sneedv endinc ef the war.---"Springfie'd B,"publican."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 227, 17 November 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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136Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 227, 17 November 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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